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our music programming
During much of the week our regular playlist is played, but on the weekends and at certain times during the week we have blocks of time that focus on a certain genre or set of related genres.
Top 88.7 plays on WXDU for the week ending
WXDU Charts –July 28, 2008
Top 88.7
1. 17...Hercules and Love Affair...S/T...Mute
2. 16...Orlando Julius...Super Afro Soul...Vampisoul
3. 15...Silver Jews...Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea...Drag City
4. 13...King Khan & the Shrines...Supreme Genius of King Kahn & the Shrines...Vice
5. 12...Pistolera...En Este Camino...Luchadora
6. 11...The Avett Brothers...The Second Gleam...Ramseur
7. 11...Ry Cooder...I, Flathead...Nonesuch
8. 11...Bodies of Water...A Certain Feeling...Secretly Canadian
9. 10...All Your Science ...Volume One...S/R
10. 10...Lou Lou and the Guitar Fish...S/T...Birdman
11. 10...Martha Wainwright...I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too...Zoe Records
12. 9...Negativland...Thigmotatic...Seeland
13. 9...Yard Work...kinnikinnik...S/R
14. 9...Nomo...Ghost Rock...Ubiquity
15. 9...Dawn Chorus...Florida St. Serenade...Fractured Discs
16. 8...Cephas & Wiggins...Richmond Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
17. 8...Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog...Party Intellectuals...Pi
18. 8...Laulu Laakson Kukista...Paavoharju...Fonal
19. 8...Melvins...Nude with Boots...Ipecac
20. 8...Fortress of Swatches...It's a Battle...S/R
21. 8...Monsonia...Growler...S/R
22. 8...Monkeywrench...Gabriel's Horn...Birdman
23. 8...Various Artists...Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985...Strut
24. 8...Hypatia Lake...Angels and Demons, Space and Time...Reverb
25. 7...John Dee Holman...You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time...Music Maker
26. 7...Sonantes...Sonantes...Six Degrees
27. 7...Brendan Canning...Something for All of Us...Arts & Crafts
28. 7...Apache...Boomtown Gems...Birdman
29. 7...Various Artists...Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata...Smithsonian Folkways
30. 6...Rick Wade...The Good, the Bad and the Deep...Yore
31. 6...Notwist...The Devil, You & Me...Domino
32. 6...Computer vs. Banjo...s/t...Diagram
33. 6...Eden Express...Que Amors Que...Holy Mountain
34. 6...Joe Chambers...New World...Porter Records
35. 6...Various Artists...Moneyland...McCoury Music
36. 6...Endless Boogie...Focus Level...No Quarter
37. 6...Woodbox Gang...Drunk as Dragons...Alternative Tentacles
38. 6...Various Artists...Asian Flashback: Underground Music from Asia...P.S.F.
39. 6...Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano...Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas...Smithsonian Folkways
40. 5...Wooden Shjips...Vol. 1...Holy Mountain
41. 5...The New Familiars...The Storm + Mill's River b/w My Girl CD Single...s/r
42. 5...Abe Vigoda...Skeleton...PPM
43. 5...Various Artists...More Dirty Laundry: the Soul of Black Country...Trikont
44. 5...Chapinlandia...Marimba Music of Guatemala...Smithsonian Folkways
45. 5...Various Artists...Import-Export a la Turka: Turkish Sounds from Germany compiled by DJ Ipik Ipekcicglu...Trikont
46. 5...Scar Symmetry...Holographic Universe...Nuclear Blast
47. 5...Dr. Dog...Fate...Park the Van
48. 5...My Milky Way Arms...ep...Milky Syndication
49. 5...Random Touch...Duologue...Token Boy
50. 5...Black Sun Ensemble...Across the Sea of ID...Slowburn
51. 4...Andrian Iaies Trio and Michael Zisman...Vals de la 81st St and Coloumbus...Sunnyside
52. 4...Eleanoora Rosenholm...Vainajan Muotokuva...Fonal
53. 4...Brown Bird...The Bottom of the Sea...Peapod Recordings
54. 4...Eddie Tigner...Slippin' In...Music Maker
55. 4...Double Negative...Raw Energy EP...Sorry State
56. 4...Valient Thorr...Immortalizer...Volcom
57. 4...Poni Hoax...Images of Sigrid...Tigersushi
58. 4...Black Skies...Hexagon...s/r
59. 4...Guapo...Elixirs...Neurot
60. 4...Robert Wlater...Cure All...Palmetto
61. 4...Various Artists...Classic Piano Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
62. 4...Black Taj...Beyonder...Amish
63. 4...Sic Alps...A Long Way Around to a Shortcut...Animal Disguise
64. 3...Made Out of Babies...The Ruiner...The End
65. 3...Dylan Gilbert...The Quiet Life...S/R
66. 3...Mountain Animal Hospital...Startled by Deer...Loves in Heat
67. 3...Digital Leather...Sorcerer...Goner
68. 3...Ericka Ovette/Ruby Hayes...Sassy and Bessie A-live at the Paradise Lounge...Patuxent
69. 3...Hearts by Darts...s/t...Peapod
70. 3...Rosa Passos...Romance...Telarc
71. 3...Kaydi Johnson...Peasant of the Wreck...Fifty Fifty
72. 3...Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio...Ooh Live!...Katalyst
73. 3...Chen Yi/Karen Tanaka...Invisible Curve...New World
74. 3...Kid Creole...Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983...Strut
75. 3...Takahiro Kido...Fleursy Music...Plop
76. 3...Jasper TX...Black Sheep...Miasmah
77. 3...Ellis Marsalis...An Open Letter to Thelonius...Elm Records
78. 3...Orlando "Puntilla" Rios y El Conjunto Todo Rumbero...A Tribute to Gonzalo Asencio: Tio Tom, 1919-1991...Smithsonian Folkways
79. 2...Hayes Carl...Trouble in Mind...Lost Highway
80. 2...Glinkowski Staton Sparacino...Trio slicnaton...slicnaton publishing
81. 2...Vanishing Voice...The Morning After...Three Lobed
82. 2...Cool Kids...The Bake Sale...Chocolate Industries
83. 2...Hands of the Wrong People...Spring Flakes...Peapod
84. 2...Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara...Soul Science...World Village
85. 2...Corsica...Sight of the Sun...s/r
86. 2...Modey Lemon...Season of Sweets...Birdman
87. 2...Robert Pollard...Robert pollard is Off to Business...Guided by Voices, Inc.
88. 2...Balthrop, Alabama...Our Little Town...End Up Records
88.7. 2...Niyaz...Nine Heavens...Six Degrees
CBGF Chart
1. 11...Ry Cooder...I, Flathead...Nonesuch
2. 8...Cephas & Wiggins...Richmond Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
3. 7...John Dee Holman...You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time...Music Maker
4. 6...Various Artists...Moneyland...McCoury Music
5. 5...The New Familiars...The Storm + Mill's River b/w My Girl CD Single...s/r
6. 4...Eddie Tigner...Slippin' In...Music Maker
7. 4...Various Artists...Classic Piano Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
8. 4...Brown Bird...The Bottom of the Sea...Peapod Recordings
9. 3...Kaydi Johnson...Peasant of the Wreck...Fifty Fifty
10. 2...Hayes Carl...Trouble in Mind...Lost Highway
Loud Rock Chart
1. 8...Melvins...Nude with Boots...Ipecac
2. 6...Endless Boogie...Focus Level...No Quarter
3. 6...Various Artists...Asian Flashback: Underground Music from Asia...P.S.F.
4. 5...Scar Symmetry...Holographic Universe...Nuclear Blast
5. 5...Wooden Shjips...Vol. 1...Holy Mountain
6. 4...Guapo...Elixirs...Neurot
7. 4...Sic Alps...A Long Way Around to a Shortcut...Animal Disguise
8. 4...Black Skies...Hexagon...s/r
9. 4...Double Negative...Raw Energy EP...Sorry State
10. 3...Made Out of Babies...The Ruiner...The End
Jazz Chart
1. 9...Nomo...Ghost Rock...Ubiquity
2. 6...Joe Chambers...New World...Porter Records
3. 4...Andrian Iaies Trio and Michael Zisman...Vals de la 81st St and Coloumbus...Sunnyside
4. 4...Robert Wlater...Cure All...Palmetto
5. 3...Ellis Marsalis...An Open Letter to Thelonius...Elm Records
6. 3...Ericka Ovette/Ruby Hayes...Sassy and Bessie A-live at the Paradise Lounge...Patuxent
7. 3...Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio...Ooh Live!...Katalyst
8. 2...Jeff Guathier Goatette...House of Return...Crytogramophone
9. 2...Eric Hofbauer and the Infrared Band...Myth Understanding...Creative Nation
10. 2...Glinkowski Staton Sparacino...Trio slicnaton...slicnaton publishing
RPM Chart
1. 17...Hercules and Love Affair...S/T...Mute
2. 8...Various Artists...Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985...Strut
3. 6...Rick Wade...The Good, the Bad and the Deep...Yore
4. 6...Notwist...The Devil, You & Me...Domino
5. 4...Eleanoora Rosenholm...Vainajan Muotokuva...Fonal
6. 4...Poni Hoax...Images of Sigrid...Tigersushi
7. 3...Jasper TX...Black Sheep...Miasmah
8. 3...Takahiro Kido...Fleursy Music...Plop
9. 3...Kid Creole...Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983...Strut
10. 2...Flying Lotus...Los Angeles...Warp
World Chart
1. 16...Orlando Julius...Super Afro Soul...Vampisoul
2. 12...Pistolera...En Este Camino...Luchadora
3. 7...Various Artists...Ayombe! The Heart of Colombia's Musica Vallenata...Smithsonian Folkways
4. 7...Sonantes...Sonantes...Six Degrees
5. 6...Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano...Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas...Smithsonian Folkways
6. 5...Chapinlandia...Marimba Music of Guatemala...Smithsonian Folkways
7. 5...Various Artists...Import-Export a la Turka: Turkish Sounds from Germany compiled by DJ Ipik Ipekcicglu...Trikont
8. 3...Orlando "Puntilla" Rios y El Conjunto Todo Rumbero...A Tribute to Gonzalo Asencio: Tio Tom, 1919-1991...Smithsonian Folkways
9. 3...Rosa Passos...Romance...Telarc
10. 2...Niyaz...Nine Heavens...Six Degrees
Top 88.7 plays on WXDU for the week ending
WXDU Charts –July 28, 2008
Top 88.7
1. 18...Hercules and Love Affair...S/T...Mute
2. 15...King Khan & the Shrines...Supreme Genius of King Kahn & the Shrines...Vice
3. 14...Various Artists...Asian Flashback: Underground Music from Asia...P.S.F.
4. 13...The Avett Brothers...The Second Gleam...Ramseur
5. 12...Melvins...Nude with Boots...Ipecac
6. 12...Endless Boogie...Focus Level...No Quarter
7. 11...Nomo...Ghost Rock...Ubiquity
8. 10...Cephas & Wiggins...Richmond Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
9. 10...Niyaz...Nine Heavens...Six Degrees
10. 10...Paavoharju...Laulu Laakson Kukista...Fonal
11. 10...Yard Work...kinnikinnik...S/R
12. 10...Ry Cooder...I, Flathead...Nonesuch
13. 10...Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano...Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas...Smithsonian Folkways
14. 10...Sic Alps...A Long Way Around to a Shortcut...Animal Disguise
15. 9...Jason Webley...The Cost of Living...11 Records
16. 9...Hands of the Wrong People...Spring Flakes...Peapod
17. 9...Digital Leather...Sorcerer...Goner
18. 9...Eddie Tigner...Slippin' In...Music Maker
19. 9...Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog...Party Intellectuals...Pi
20. 9...Black Taj...Beyonder...Amish
21. 8...John Dee Holman...You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time...Music Maker
22. 8...Eleanoora Rosenholm...Vainajan Muotokuva...Fonal
23. 8...Mountain Animal Hospital...Startled by Deer...Loves in Heat
24. 8...Warmer Milks ...Soft Walks...Animal Disguise
25. 8...Eden Express...Que Amors Que...Holy Mountain
26. 8...Various Artists...Moneyland...McCoury Music
27. 8...Poni Hoax...Images of Sigrid...Tigersushi
28. 8...Dawn Chorus...Florida St. Serenade...Fractured Discs
29. 8...Guapo...Elixirs...Neurot
30. 7...Negativland...Thigmotatic...Seeland
31. 7...Dylan Gilbert...The Quiet Life...S/R
32. 7...Brown Bird...The Bottom of the Sea...Peapod Recordings
33. 7...Abe Vigoda...Skeleton...PPM
34. 7...Modey Lemon...Season of Sweets...Birdman
35. 7...Weisstronauts...Instro-tainment!...Sool Recordings/Dren Records
36. 7...Kid Creole...Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983...Strut
37. 7...Dr. Dog...Fate...Park the Van
38. 7...My Milky Way Arms...ep...Milky Syndication
39. 7...Eri Yamamoto...Duologue...Aum Fidelity
40. 7...Various Artists...Download, Dig It, or Die...Pravda
41. 7...the Mole...As High as the Sky...Wagon Repair
42. 6...Made Out of Babies...The Ruiner...The End
43. 6...Rick Wade...The Good, the Bad and the Deep...Yore
44. 6...Brendan Canning...Something for All of Us...Arts & Crafts
45. 6...Corsica...Sight of the Sun...s/r
46. 6...Computer vs. Banjo...s/t...Diagram
47. 6...Juno Reactor...Gods and Monsters...Metropolis
48. 6...Various Artists...Classic Piano Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
49. 6...High Places...03/07-09/07...Thrill Jockey
50. 5...Pinker Tones...Wild Animals...Nacional
51. 5...La India Canela...Merengue Tipico from the Dominican Republic...Smithsonian Folkways
52. 5...Ersi Arvizu...Friend for Life...Anti-
53. 5...Takahiro Kido...Fleursy Music...Plop
54. 5...Random Touch...Duologue...Token Boy
55. 5...Various Artists...Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985...Strut
56. 5...Bill Dixon...17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur...Aum Fidelity
57. 4...Vanishing Voice...The Morning After...Three Lobed
58. 4...Sidiki...Sidiki Conde...Innova
59. 4...Robert Pollard...Robert pollard is Off to Business...Guided by Voices, Inc.
60. 4...Various Artists...More Dirty Laundry: the Soul of Black Country...Trikont
61. 4...Various Artists...Love Peace & Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music...Normal
62. 4...Jews and Catholics...Inside...s/r
63. 4...Health...Disco...Lovepump United
64. 4...Various Artists...Bearded Ladies vol.1 ...Finders Keepers/Bird/B-Music
65. 3...Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara...Soul Science...World Village
66. 3...Quiet Village...Silent Movie...!K7
67. 3...Orchestra Baobab...Made in Dakar...Nonesuch
68. 3...Unholy Two...Kutter 7"...Columbus Discount Records
69. 3...Valient Thorr...Immortalizer...Volcom
70. 3...Various Artists...Bookor Beats...Otrabanda
71. 3...Sloth...A Whole Other World of Fun...At War With False Noise
72. 2...Hayes Carl...Trouble in Mind...Lost Highway
73. 2...Glinkowski Staton Sparacino...Trio slicnaton...slicnaton publishing
74. 2...Cool Kids...The Bake Sale...Chocolate Industries
75. 2...Jackson Conti...Sujinho...Mochilla
76. 2...Sonantes...Sonantes...Six Degrees
77. 2...Hearts by Darts...s/t...Peapod
78. 2...Shearwater...Rook...Matador
79. 2...Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens...Ready Everyday...Delmark
80. 2...Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio...Ooh Live!...Katalyst
81. 2...The Lines...Memory Span...Acute
82. 2...Flying Lotus...Los Angeles...Warp
83. 2...Marc Rossi Group...Hidden Mandala...Gravity
84. 2...Golden Arm Trio...Cult of Color...Rickety Fence
85. 2...Jasper TX...Black Sheep...Miasmah
86. 2...500mg...Another Order for Existence...Archive
87. 1...Wooden Shjips...Vol. 1...Holy Mountain
88. 1...The New Familiars...The Storm + Mill's River b/w My Girl CD Single...s/r
88.7. 1...The Tune Stranglers...Stranglyn...Engine
CBGF Chart
1. 10...Cephas & Wiggins...Richmond Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
2. 10...Ry Cooder...I, Flathead...Nonesuch
3. 9...Eddie Tigner...Slippin' In...Music Maker
4. 8...Various Artists...Moneyland...McCoury Music
5. 8...John Dee Holman...You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time...Music Maker
6. 7...Brown Bird...The Bottom of the Sea...Peapod Recordings
7. 6...Various Artists...Classic Piano Blues...Smithsonian Folkways
8. 2...Hayes Carl...Trouble in Mind...Lost Highway
9. 1...Brett Ratliff...Cold Icy Mountain...June Appal Recordings
10. 1...The Tune Stranglers...Stranglyn...Engine
Jazz Chart
1. 7...Eri Yamamoto...Duologue...Aum Fidelity
2. 5...Bill Dixon...17 Musicians in Search of a Sound: Darfur...Aum Fidelity
3. 2...Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio...Ooh Live!...Katalyst
4. 2...Golden Arm Trio...Cult of Color...Rickety Fence
5. 2...Glinkowski Staton Sparacino...Trio slicnaton...slicnaton publishing
6. 2...Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens...Ready Everyday...Delmark
7. 2...Marc Rossi Group...Hidden Mandala...Gravity
8. 2...Jackson Conti...Sujinho...Mochilla
9. 1...Sammy Rimington......Visits New Orleans...Arhoolie
10. 1...Shot X Shot...Let Nature Square...High Two
Loud Rock Chart
1. 14...Various Artists...Asian Flashback: Underground Music from Asia...P.S.F.
2. 12...Melvins...Nude with Boots...Ipecac
3. 12...Endless Boogie...Focus Level...No Quarter
4. 10...Sic Alps...A Long Way Around to a Shortcut...Animal Disguise
5. 9...Digital Leather...Sorcerer...Goner
6. 8...Guapo...Elixirs...Neurot
7. 6...Made Out of Babies...The Ruiner...The End
8. 3...Unholy Two...Kutter 7"...Columbus Discount Records
9. 3...Sloth...A Whole Other World of Fun...At War With False Noise
10. 2...500mg...Another Order for Existence...Archive
RPM Chart
1. 18...Hercules and Love Affair...S/T...Mute
2. 8...Eleanoora Rosenholm...Vainajan Muotokuva...Fonal
3. 8...Poni Hoax...Images of Sigrid...Tigersushi
4. 7...the Mole...As High as the Sky...Wagon Repair
5. 6...Rick Wade...The Good, the Bad and the Deep...Yore
6. 6...Juno Reactor...Gods and Monsters...Metropolis
7. 5...Various Artists...Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985...Strut
8. 5...Takahiro Kido...Fleursy Music...Plop
9. 4...Health...Disco...Lovepump United
10. 3...Quiet Village...Silent Movie...!K7
World Chart
1. 10...Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano...Amor, Dolor y Lagrimas...Smithsonian Folkways
2. 10...Niyaz...Nine Heavens...Six Degrees
3. 5...Pinker Tones...Wild Animals...Nacional
4. 5...Ersi Arvizu...Friend for Life...Anti-
5. 5...La India Canela...Merengue Tipico from the Dominican Republic...Smithsonian Folkways
6. 4...Sidiki...Sidiki Conde...Innova
7. 3...Orchestra Baobab...Made in Dakar...Nonesuch
8. 3...Various Artists...Bookor Beats...Otrabanda
9. 3...Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara...Soul Science...World Village
10. 2...Sonantes...Sonantes...Six Degrees